Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Sir James Lighthill
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Quizzes
Equations written on blackboard
Numbers and Mathematics
Read Next
Peregrine falcon in flight
What Is the Most Aerodynamic Animal?
bunch of numbers
Unusual Counting Systems
number zero, 0 balloon
Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?
Discover
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).
How Many Countries Are There in the World?
Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet
10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
Statue of Nostradamus
Nostradamus and His Prophecies
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.
10 Great Sports Rivalries
Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration
Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Sir James Lighthill: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/James-Lighthill
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Sir Michael James Lighthill
Born January 23, 1924 • Paris • France
Died July 17, 1998 (aged 74) • Sark • Channel Islands
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1998)
Sir Horace Lamb.
Sir Horace Lamb
English mathematician
Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet
British mathematician and physicist
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Arthur Cayley, detail of an oil painting by W.H. Longmaid, 1884; in the collection of Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
Arthur Cayley
British mathematician
Andrew John Wiles
Andrew Wiles
British mathematician
James Joseph Sylvester
English mathematician
Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker
British mathematician
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, 2004.
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah
British mathematician
An artist's representation of Penrose tiling
Roger Penrose
British mathematician
Sir John A. Pople
British mathematician and chemist
Sir William Hodge
British mathematician
John Couch Adams
British astronomer
Barlow, Peter
Peter Barlow
English optician and mathematician
Benjamin Robins
British engineer and mathematician
Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
British physicist
Louis Nirenberg
Louis Nirenberg
Canadian-born American mathematician
Richard von Mises
American mathematician
Ludwig Prandtl.
Ludwig Prandtl
German physicist
Gilbert Ames Bliss
American mathematician
Jean-Charles de Borda
French naval officer and physicist

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Equations written on blackboard
Numbers and Mathematics